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G. A. DUBREUIL.

SHIRT.

No. 273,826. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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GEORGE A. DUBREUIL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,826, dated March13, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE A. DUBREUIL, of Baltimore city, and State ofMaryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shirts; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention is an improvem entin shirts of that class in which staysare used to strengthen various portions of the shirt where the strain isgreatest.

It consists of an improved stay and in the manner of applying the sameto the shirt, whereby the more perfect strengthening ofthe weak parts isaccomplished and economy of material gained.

Various means have heretofore been shown for accomplishing in part theresult obtained by thisinvention; but they are more or lessobjectionable by reason of the waste of material in cutting, madenecessary by their peculiar shape.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, imwhichFigure 1 represents the stay in place upon a shirt, with the back of thegarment partly open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, lookinginto the notch. Fig. 3 is a detached view of one portion of thestaypiece, and Fig.4. a like view of the other piece.

In these drawings 1 have shown the back half of a shirt only, as it isnot deemed necessary to represent the shirt entire, the parts not shownbeing of ordinary construction.

The body A of the shirt is represented as simply meet, it is necessaryto attach a strip or additional piece to form a flap, which shall extenda suitable distance over the opposite edge of the body of the shirt, andin which the button-holes required may be worked. For this reason Iattach a strip, a, (shown more particularly in Fig. 3,) to the edgel ofthe shirt in such a manner that the raw edges willcome uppermost, andsubsequently be bid. This stripI carry out a suitable distance beyondthe edge 1, to form a flap and fold back upon itself, as at b, whichfold is secured by a line of stitching, c, the other side of the strip,d, being evenly folded and stitched, as shown, and provided with one ormore rows of stitching to correspond to the side b. The strip extends onthe outside from the neckbaud down Application filed October 19, 188:2.

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the shirt, and at the same time provide a stay for the bottom of theslit, I stitch a piece, 6, to this edge of the shirt, extending from theneckband downward. This piece is made long enough to extend beyond theend of the slit, and is carried up on the inside of the piece a, fittingthe opening left in the said piece, and is there properly stitched inplace. The other side of this piece 0 is of course stitched at asuitable distance from the edge to the body of the shirt. By this meansthe point where the greatest strain occurs-namely, at the bottom of theslitis covered by an unbroken piece of the fabric, while both sides ofthe shirt are strongly re-enforced by means of their respective pieces..An economy in material is also effected by this arrangement, as thespace 9 left in the piece a is taken up by the extension of the piece 0,and the Whole stay may be cut out without any perceptible waste. It willbe seen that by this arrangement but a single thickness of the materialcrosses the end of the slit, and the disadvantage of a double thicknessat this point avoided.

Any amount of stitching may be put upon the strips to give them anornamental appearance.

I do not confine myself to the use of this invention on shirts alone, asit may be used with advantage on overalls and in like situations.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In a stay forshirts or like garments, the combination of the piece a, stitched, asdescribed, to one edge of the slit, and provided with the opening 9 onthe under side thereof, with the extension fot' the piece 6, adapted tofit the opening g and to be stitched to the edges thereof, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: GEO. A. DUBREUIL.

PH. H. HOFFMAN, THOS. IRELAND ELLIOTT.

